7 Skin Care "Rules" You Need to Break

Think your routine is working for you? Wait until you see these sneaky ways your skin care habits are causing wrinkles, zits, and more

Rule No. 3: Retin-A and retinol are just for wrinkles The truth: Gold says these ingredients are for everyone. Or at least, everyone who wants help with acne, wrinkles, pore size, skin care prevention, or skin tone (so, as we said, everyone).

Gold adds that retinol has been around for close to 50 years and has a ton of research to prove its safeness. So rather than jumping from fad ingredient to fad ingredient, he recommends sticking with tried and true retinol to fix almost any skin issue. The best part is that these days, you can find retinol in products to fit almost any budget, from Roc Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Night Cream, $19.21, to SkinMedica Retinol Complex, $75.

Excellent tips. If you have very puffy eyes, a heavy cream will exacerbate the problem. Otherwise, I've been "freed" by learning that I can use the same moisturizer on my eyes as on my face. These are great tips!

In my case since I have hyperpigmentation, I exfoliate daily with Murad AHA/BHA cleanser, which is very gentle enough and 2 or 3 times a week I use philosophy's Microdelivery Peel. It's a vitamin C peel and it's excellent! These products allow whatever is used to treat the hyperpigmentation to sink better into the skin and work to get better results.